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8. Students who provide documentation of successful completion (“C” or
Accuplacer test. Students must first, however, submit an application for admission higher) of developmental course(s) which determine eligibility for English
to the Admission Office prior to testing (see the Admission Requirements section 101 and/or college level math from a regionally accredited institution.
of this catalog).
3. General Educational Development Testing (GED)
2. Accuplacer Southern Union is designated by the Alabama State Department of Education as
a test center for the General Educational Development (GED) test. The GED test
A. Students included in any one of the following categories are required to take is used as the basis for granting the State high school equivalency diploma issued
the Accuplacer prior to registering for classes: by the Alabama State Department of Education. GED tests are administered on
1. All students who have no previously attended college, and do not have the Opelika, Valley, and Wadley campuses.
appropriate ACT/SAT/GED/COMPASS/ASSET scores. Scores may not
be more tha three years old. Southern Union is pleased to offer the 2014 GED Test (a computer-based test only)
2. All entering students who register for four or more credit hours of courses at all of our campuses. Visit www.gedcomputer.com or call 1-877-EXAM-GED
per semester where appropriate placement scores are not required. (392-6433) to register, schedule, and pay for the GED test on computer. Credit
3. Transfer students who have not successfully completed a college level and debit cards are acceptable forms of payment. The 2014 GED test consists of
English, Math, and/or Reading with a “C” or higher. four content areas, and the cost per content is $30. You must bring a valid photo
4. If successful completion of a college level English, Reading, or Math ID (driver’s license, state identification card, military ID or passport) with you on
course at a regionally accredited institution cannot be verified with a test day. For step-by-step instructions of the registration and scheduling process,
transcript, faxed transcript, or a student grade report at registration, then please visit the GED Testing Service tutorial page.
the student is required to take the Accuplace. (Unofficial transcripts or
reports are only used for registration purposes. All official transcripts must For eligibility to be administered the GED test, candidates must: Development Student
be received before the end of the first term of enrollment.) 1) Not be enrolled in a public K-12 school, a private K-12 school, a church
school or a private tutor program registered with the Alabama Department
B. Exemptions: of Education.
1. Students who have the required scores for the Accuplacer, SAT, ACT, 2) Not have earned a secondary school diploma from a public school or a
COMPASS or GED test that are less than three years old. private school registered with the Alabama Department of Education.
2. Transient students who submit a completed transient form. NOTE: Those awarded the Alabama Occupational Diploma (AOD) as
3. Students who enroll as non-credit students (Training for Business and defined in §290-3-1-.02(8)(g) of the Alabama State Board of Education
Industry, Continuing Education). Administrative Code are eligible to take the GED test.
4. Students who successfully completed a college level English or math 3) Meet one of the following requirements:
course with a “C” or better at a regionally accredited institution as verified A. Student 16 Years of Age
by offciail transcripts, faxed transcripts, or student grade reports are For a sixteen year old student to take the GED Test, state approval must
exempt from the Accuplacer for English, math and reading. (Unofficial be granted based on the following:
transcripts or reports are only used for registration purposes. All official 1. Student must present a notarized Certificate of Exemption from the
transcripts must be received before the end of the first term of enrollement.) student’s last school system attended and a notarized Parental
5. Students who scored 440 or higher prior to 2016 on the Writing compnent Permission Form.
of the SAT, 510 or higher after 2016 on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing OR
component of the SAT, or 18 or higher on the English component of the ACT are If the student attended and dropped out of a private school, church
exempt from the Accuplacer for Writing. school, or private tutor program, the student must present a notarized
6. Students scoring 480 or higher prior to 2016 on the Reading component letter from his/her parent or legal guardian naming the school, pro
of the SAT, 510 or higher after 2016 on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing viding the drop-out date, and stating the student has dropped out of
component of the SAT, or 20 or higher on the Reading component of the ACT are school, and has permission to be administered the GED test. (Parental
exempt from the Accuplacer for Reading. Permission Form)
7. Students scoring 480 or higher prior to 2016 on the Math component of the 2. Student must have TABE test scores (in all three sub-skill tests) at a
SAT, 510 or higher after 2016 on the Math component of the SAT, or 20 or higher minimum of ASE Low, with a grade equivalent of 9.0 or higher.
on the Math component of the ACT are exempt from the Accuplacer for Math. OR
Student must have official GED Ready test scores in math and RLA
of “Likely to Pass”.